""" limitedTime(): set a timeout in seconds when calling a function, raise a Timeout error if time exceed. """ from math import ceil IMPLEMENTATION = None class Timeout(RuntimeError): """ Timeout error, inherits from RuntimeError """ pass def signalHandler(signum, frame): """ Signal handler to catch timeout signal: raise Timeout exception. """ raise Timeout("Timeout exceed!") def limitedTime(second, func, *args, **kw): """ Call func(*args, **kw) with a timeout of second seconds. """ return func(*args, **kw) def fixTimeout(second): """ Fix timeout value: convert to integer with a minimum of 1 second """ if isinstance(second, float): second = int(ceil(second)) assert isinstance(second, (int, long)) return max(second, 1) if not IMPLEMENTATION: try: from signal import signal, alarm, SIGALRM # signal.alarm() implementation def limitedTime(second, func, *args, **kw): second = fixTimeout(second) old_alarm = signal(SIGALRM, signalHandler) try: alarm(second) return func(*args, **kw) finally: alarm(0) signal(SIGALRM, old_alarm) IMPLEMENTATION = "signal.alarm()" except ImportError: pass if not IMPLEMENTATION: try: from signal import signal, SIGXCPU from resource import getrlimit, setrlimit, RLIMIT_CPU # resource.setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU) implementation # "Bug": timeout is 'CPU' time so sleep() are not part of the timeout def limitedTime(second, func, *args, **kw): second = fixTimeout(second) old_alarm = signal(SIGXCPU, signalHandler) current = getrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU) try: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU, (second, current[1])) return func(*args, **kw) finally: setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU, current) signal(SIGXCPU, old_alarm) IMPLEMENTATION = "resource.setrlimit(RLIMIT_CPU)" except ImportError: pass